2016年6月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)選詞填空模擬題（02）

【摘要】大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四六級(jí)考試作為一項(xiàng)全國(guó)性的教學(xué)考試由“國(guó)家教育部高教司”主辦，每年各舉行兩次。從2005年1月起，成績(jī)滿分為710分，凡考試成績(jī)?cè)?20分以上的考生，由國(guó)家教育部高教司委托“全國(guó)大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試委員會(huì)”發(fā)給成績(jī)單。2007年1月起，六級(jí)考試不再接受非在校生報(bào)名。每年為了滿足廣大考生的需要，方便同學(xué)們積極備考，下面請(qǐng)同學(xué)們跟隨小編的整理，來(lái)看2015年6月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)選詞填空模擬題，希望對(duì)同學(xué)們有所幫助。

Directions：In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bankfollowing the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding lette for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any ofthe words in the bank more than once.

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

Climate change has claimed its latest victim：Limacina helicina，a planktonic，predatory(捕食的)sea snail that’s a member of the taxonomic group more(36)__________ known as sea butterflies.(The name is(37)__________ from the wing-like lobes(葉瓣)the tiny creatures use to get around.)In a study(38)__________ published in joumal Proceedings of the Royal Society B，a group of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)and Oregon State University have fQund that the Pacific Ocean’s decreasing pH—its acidifying(酸化)，in other words-is dissolving L.helicina’s thin shells.

The researchers collected sea butterfly(39)__________ from 13 sites along the Pacific coast(between Washington and southern CaliforniA.，going over each with a scanning electron microscope.More than half of the shells(53%)from onshore individuals(40)__________ signs of“severe dissolution damage，”while 24%of(41)

__________ individuals suffered dissolution damage.The study’s(42)__________ investigator,Dr.NinaBednarsek of NOAA，described the affected L.helicina shells as having a texture not unlike“cauliflower”or“sandpaper.”

According to the paper，there was a“strong positive(43)__________ ”between the proportion of sea butterflies with severe shell dissolution damage and“the percentage of　undersaturated(未達(dá)到飽和的)water”near the ocean’s surface.The researchers conclude“shell dissolution owing to(human.caused ocean(44)_________has doubled in near shore habitats since pre.industrial conditions across this region and is on track to triple by 2050，”a truly(45)__________ prediction.Moreover,the broader implications for ecosystem are unclear,as damaged shells make it harder for L.helicina to fight infections，stay buoyant，and protect themselves from predators.

A.showed

B.recently

C.protected

D.commonly

E.derived

F.samples

G.offshore

H.principal

I.noticed

J.correlation

K.encouraging

L.seaward

M.acidification

N.grim

O.pollution

氣候變化已公布了其最新的受害者：鯱螺(學(xué)名Limacina helicina)，一種捕食性浮游海螺，被(36)普遍稱為海蝴蝶分類組中的一員(“海蝴蝶”之名(37)來(lái)源于微小生物用來(lái)游走的翼狀葉瓣)。在(38)最近《皇家學(xué)會(huì)學(xué)報(bào)B》刊載的一項(xiàng)研究報(bào)告中，來(lái)自美國(guó)國(guó)家海洋和大氣管理局(NOAA)及俄勒岡州立大學(xué)的科學(xué)家們指出：太平洋的PH正在不斷下降一換句話說(shuō)，海水的酸化正在溶解鯱螺的薄殼。

研究人員收集了太平洋沿岸(從華盛頓到南加州之間)13個(gè)地點(diǎn)的海蝴蝶(39)樣本，并用掃描電子顯微鏡對(duì)其一一進(jìn)行深入檢查。來(lái)自海岸的個(gè)體樣本中有一半以上(53%)的貝殼都(40)呈現(xiàn)出“嚴(yán)重溶解”的跡象，而在來(lái)自(41)海面上的個(gè)體樣本中僅有24%的貝殼受到溶解破壞。該研究的(42)首席研究員，來(lái)自NOAA的Nina Bednarsek指出那些受到影響的鯱螺的貝殼都擁有“菜花”狀或者“砂紙”狀的紋理。

據(jù)該研究報(bào)道，嚴(yán)重?fù)p傷的貝殼數(shù)量與海洋表面附近“欠飽合海水”百分率之間呈現(xiàn)出“強(qiáng)烈的正(43)相關(guān)”。研究人員推斷出，“自該區(qū)域工業(yè)化時(shí)代以前的海洋條件算起，近海棲息地(由于人為導(dǎo)致的海洋(44)酸化)引起的貝殼溶解已經(jīng)翻了一倍，到2050年可能會(huì)增至三倍，這真是個(gè)(45)糟糕的預(yù)言。此外，這對(duì)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的更廣泛影響并不明確，因?yàn)槭軅耐鈿?huì)讓鯱螺更難以抵御感染、保持浮力及逃脫捕食者的獵殺。

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